Trunk-top



P. KUKKUGK.

TRUNK TOP.

No. 380,291 Patented Mar. 27, 1888. 1 1, 124 .2: 1 :1 .9

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,291, dated March2'7, 1888.

Application filed February 2, 1888. Serial No. 262,807. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK KUKKUCK, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inTrunk-Tops, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a view of theunder layer, and Fig. 3 a like view of the upper layer, of my improvedtrunk-top. Fig. 2 is a view of the middle or interior layer, theselayers being shown as they are first cut and before being formed intothe shape of the tops. Fig. 4 represents one of the layers shown inFigs. 1 and 3, and illustrates the manner in which the openings areclosed by pressing the top into shape. Fig. 5 is a similar view of theinner or middle layer, showing the manner in which the slits or cutsexpand and contract to allow the layer to conform to the shape of thetop without either straining or compressing the material. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of my improved top. Fig. 7 is an end view of the same,and Fig. 8is a transverse section through the center of a top.

My invention relates to an improvement in trunktops made of layers ofveneer, and relates to that class of veneer trunk -t-ops in which thegreatest arch or swell of the top is in the center, and for a fulldescription of this class of trunk-tops I refer to the following LettersPatent granted to myself and Henry Arnd, namely: No. 275,499, issuedApril 10, 1883; No. 262,956, issued August 22, 1882; No. 268,694, issuedDecember5, 1882; No. 275,500, issued April 10, 1883; N 0. 279,258,issued June 12, 1883, and No. 268,767, issued December 5, 1882.

My present invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the under layer, and B the upperlayer, of the trunk-top, or vice versa. These layers are facsimiles,each being provided with slits or cuts 0 at the edges, as shown in Figs.1, 3, and 4, to allow them to contract as the top is pressed into shape,as described in the patents referred to.

.of the inner layer is the object of my present invention.

D represents the inner or intermediate layer, placed between the upperand under layers. In this layer I preferably form a longitudinal out, E,at or near the center.

Extending from the outer edges of the sides of the layer in a diagonalplane are cuts G, reaching from the outer edges of the layer inward asuitable distance, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. These slits or cuts aremade by any suitable instrument, and are preferably made with aninstrument that will remove a small amount of material, as shown in Fig.2. The natural position of the cuts of this layer is shown in Fig. 2,and the form the cuts or slits in this layer assume when the trunk-tophas been formed is shown in Fig. 5, and in this position the slits orcuts E are stretched out or enlarged, and the inner ends of the slits orcuts G are also slightly enlarged,while the outer ends of these slits orcuts G are, forced together, entirely closing the joint made by thecuts, so that when the top is formed the outward appearance of the edgesof the inner layer is that of one continuous piece, and, as far as thestrength of the layer is concerned, it is one continuous piece, inasmuchas the slits are closed and the upper and under layers thus unitedtogether entirely around the top by being glued to the continuous innerlayer. This expansion of the slits or cuts E and the inner ends of thecuts G allows the layer D to be pressed or formed into shape without inany manner buckling or splitting the layer, as will be plainlyunderstood.

The form that the slits C in the layers A and B assume when the top isformed is illustrated in Fig. 4.

While I have shown and described the layer D with its slits as being theinner or intermediate layer, I do not wish to confine myself to placingthis layer between the two outer ones. It may be used as an outer layeritself, and to the layer substantially as shown and described, for thepurpose set forth. 15 3. As a new article of manufacture, a tru nktopformed of outer and inner layers of veneer, the inner layer having alongitudinal cut or slit and diagonal cuts or slits extending inwardfrom the respective edges of the layer, 20.

and the outer layers having transverse cuts 0, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

FRED. KUKKUCK. In presence of-- EDWD. S. KNIGHT, Jos. WAHLE.

